Alicia Keys Performs The Star Spangled Banner

Alicia Keys started the evening’s festivities off by gracing onlookers with her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.

Last week the singer stated, “I’m really excited about it, I can’t even lie…I have to rehearse it totally, as if it’s a brand-new song, because it is actually a brand new song in the style that I’ll deliver it. I’m actually rehearsing it like a maniac.”

 

All of that rehearsal surely paid off when the Grammy Award winning singer belted out her performance with great emotion.